Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed. Steer calves under 600 lbs had a higher undertone and 700 to 800 lb steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher while 600 to 700 lb steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower and steers over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly higher with heifer calves under 600 lbs mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher and over 600 lbs mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.82/cwt on 1,620 head.

Average price

$180.82

1,620 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$612

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1

$27.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.64

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	748	182.30	1,363	1,336
Medium and Large 1-2	671	176.31	1,184	191
Medium 1	664	172.73	1,146	56
Large 1	1,028	163.00	1,676	35
Small and Medium 1	485	155.00	752	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.30/cwt here — about $612 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,620 hd

180.82

—

KS average3 barns · 4,535 hd

189.46

−8.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,185	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	813	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	1,490	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,121	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	169.91/cwt	165.00–174.50	1,215	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	172.69/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,514	169
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	180.59/cwt	174.00–183.00	1,156	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	173.15/cwt	170.00–173.75	1,312	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,494	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	211.87/cwt	211.00–212.00	892	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	185.19/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,337	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	1,613	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	180.53/cwt	175.50–185.00	1,383	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	175.50/cwt	170.00–177.75	1,469	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	211.66/cwt	208.00–214.00	982	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	636	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,126	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	191.77/cwt	184.00–194.50	1,112	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	218.48/cwt	217.00–220.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	189.24/cwt	185.50–191.50	1,175	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,527	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	184.01/cwt	179.00–186.50	1,242	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	185.61/cwt	180.00–193.00	878	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	599	196.25/cwt	196.25–196.25	1,176	36
Steers	Medium 1	—	533	189.58/cwt	187.00–195.00	1,010	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	209.97/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,100	35
Steers	Medium 1	—	731	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	756	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,198	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	451	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	192.93/cwt	184.00–196.50	1,084	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	175.62/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,185	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	666	163.03/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	541	183.99/cwt	183.00–185.00	995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	506	192.58/cwt	189.00–198.00	974	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	752	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,316	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	802	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,404	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	717	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,312	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	159.45/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,153	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,271	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,419	14
Heifers	Medium 1	—	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	22
Heifers	Medium 1	—	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,216	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	165.10/cwt	158.00–169.00	870	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	164.92/cwt	164.00–166.00	952	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	170.31/cwt	163.00–175.00	802	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	158.82/cwt	156.00–161.00	975	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	963	149.26/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,437	24
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,189	126.84/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	163.81/cwt	157.00–164.25	1,443	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	167.76/cwt	164.00–173.50	1,042	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	175.72/cwt	172.00–183.00	923	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	168.61/cwt	166.75–173.50	1,305	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	161.84/cwt	158.50–165.00	1,479	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	172.07/cwt	169.00–177.00	661	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	173.63/cwt	168.00–180.00	997	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	170.83/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,259	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	184.30/cwt	183.00–185.00	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	173.69/cwt	166.00–176.75	1,162	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	155.41/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,033	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	153.56/cwt	153.00–155.00	863	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	907	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,497	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	658	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,234	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	637	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,038	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	176.10/cwt	175.00–183.00	852	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	165.20/cwt	157.00–167.50	1,338	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	146.79/cwt	146.00–151.00	937	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	549	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	160.94/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,072	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	160.84/cwt	155.00–164.50	1,012	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	165.12/cwt	163.00–167.00	807	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	177.40/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,040	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	190.93/cwt	187.00–195.00	972	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,028	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,676	35

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Nov 17, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Receipts 3,302Last week 2,853Year ago 2,486

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	677	175.00	175.00
17	—	715	165.00–174.50	169.91
70	—	640	174.00–183.00	180.59
50	—	758	170.00–173.75	173.15
7	—	889	168.00	168.00
8	—	586	173.00–180.00	177.40
8	—	509	187.00–195.00	190.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	813	183.25	183.25
20	—	520	215.50	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	877	170.00–177.50	172.69
16	—	421	211.00–212.00	211.87
85	—	722	180.00–189.00	185.19
56	—	956	168.75	168.75
260	—	766	175.50–185.00	180.53
210	—	837	170.00–177.75	175.50
8	—	464	208.00–214.00	211.66
72	—	580	184.00–194.50	191.77
6	—	384	217.00–220.00	218.48
74	—	621	185.50–191.50	189.24
67	—	902	169.25	169.25
65	—	675	179.00–186.50	184.01
35	—	524	200.00–213.50	209.97
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	636	177.00	177.00
12	—	533	187.00–195.00	189.58
4	—	731	172.00	172.00
20	—	756	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	473	180.00–193.00	185.61
47	—	562	184.00–196.50	192.93
24	—	675	172.00–177.00	175.62
10	—	506	189.00–198.00	192.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	599	196.25	196.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	177.00	177.00
12	—	666	160.00–164.50	163.03
8	—	541	183.00–185.00	183.99
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,028	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	752	175.00	175.00
19	—	802	175.00	175.00
5	—	717	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	723	156.00–164.00	159.45
5	—	770	165.00	165.00
14	—	946	150.00	150.00
29	—	527	158.00–169.00	165.10
16	—	577	164.00–166.00	164.92
14	—	471	163.00–175.00	170.31
11	—	614	156.00–161.00	158.82
5	—	384	169.00–177.00	172.07
14	—	665	154.00–160.00	155.41
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	725	150.00	150.00
10	—	505	163.00	163.00
30	—	637	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	117.00	117.00
24	—	963	149.00–151.00	149.26
11	—	1,189	123.00–130.00	126.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	881	157.00–164.25	163.81
54	—	621	164.00–173.50	167.76
54	—	525	172.00–183.00	175.72
143	—	774	166.75–173.50	168.61
118	—	914	158.50–165.00	161.84
53	—	574	168.00–180.00	173.63
43	—	737	165.00–172.00	170.83
17	—	408	183.00–185.00	184.30
4	—	384	185.00	185.00
102	—	669	166.00–176.75	173.69
39	—	484	175.00–183.00	176.10
99	—	810	157.00–167.50	165.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	562	153.00–155.00	153.56
7	—	549	169.50	169.50
18	—	666	157.00–164.00	160.94
54	—	629	155.00–164.50	160.84
21	—	489	163.00–167.00	165.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	907	165.00	165.00
12	—	658	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	638	146.00–151.00	146.79
3	—	670	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	186.00	186.00
3	—	665	145.00	145.00
3	—	551	160.00	160.00

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